Bowling-ball.



No. 673,688. P ate nted May 7, l90l.

A. B. PICKETT. BOWLING BALL.

7 (Application filed. Dec. 28, 1900.)

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iUNIT-ED STATE PATENT QQFFICEV'.

' nn'rnun is, PioKn'r'r, *or UNION orr'r, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MEsNE-AssIeN- overcome, as the linger-bushing is free to y eld in a lateral as well as an inwardidirec- .Mnugrs, T0 BOWLING-BALL COMPANY, or new ORK, N. XL

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l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,688, dated. May 7, 1901;;

Application filedDecezubor 28, 1900. Serial No. L-1,358. (No model-3 T0. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR 15. PIGKETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Union City, in the county of Darke and State of. Ohio, haveinvented a new and Improved- Bowling-Ball, of; which the following is a full, clear,'and exact description.

The-object of the invention is to provide a new and improved bowling-ball arranged to prevent chipping or breaking of the ball ma terial or thesockets at the outer edges of the walls of the finger-holes.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out irrthe-claims. v

A practical embodiment of the in vention is represented inthe accompanying drawings, storming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate cor- Y responding parts in both the views.

- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the same.

Bowling-balls as heretofore constructed and I made of wood, composition, or other material or covered with rubber have their-finger holes either plain recesses 0r lined with abushing or sleeve ofhard or elastic material. Now such balls whenin use and striking parts of the alley, pins, or other balls are liable to chip at the'bushin'g or, at the outer edge of the recess-walls, or atboth places, thus renderin'g the ball useless in a'comparatively short time.

With myiinprovement, presently to be described in detail, the above-noted defects are tion.

As shown, the ball A is formed with radially-bored finger-holes A, in the. bottom of each of which is placed adii B, f iuLoer or other elastic material, on the side wall of said finger-hole is fitted a bushing C, likewise of rubber or other elastic material and containing a second bushing or sleeve D, of nonela'stic material, such as fiber, hard rubber, or the like. The two bushings O and D may be fastened together by cement, or the inner bushing D may be driven into the outer elassharp edges to the finger when using the ball hence ured.

Patent v ,1. A bowling-ball provided with fingertic bushing G to firmly adhere, and the outer bushing may be driven intothe iingenhole or cemented thereto, so as to securely remain in position-when the ballis in user-' The inner ends of the bushings O- and D rest on the bottom disk B, and'the outer end of the-bushing ,O is flared outward," as is plainly shownin the drawings, to present no in bowling.

By the arrangement described the fingerbushing D is mounted to yield in a lateral as well as in an inward direction-that is, inthe direction of its length-so that when the-ball strikes with its-linger portion a part of the alloy, the pins, or other 'balls then the bushing C yields in the direction of the blow and.

v is not broken or split, or otherwise :in-

;.The elastic bushing'O protects the edge-of the material at the .finger-hole, so that the concussion at or near said edge is not liable to break or'split the ball material.

It is understood that'when the inner bush- '-in D is caused'to yieldin'alateral or inward direction then as soonas;-v the. concussion ce'ases'the resilioncy of the elastic'b-ushing O and the disk 13 insures-an immediate return of the bushing D to its former-position. Having thus fully described my-invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters sockets, the said finger-sockets being provided with tilbular inner linings composed of smooth, hardmaterial and an interposed 'cushion of suitable elastic material between the wall'of the socket and the outer wall of the inner lining, substantially as set forth.

2. A bowling'ball provided with a rubber jacket and with finger-sockets, the said iinger-sockets having an inner hard, smooth lining and an interposed layer of some suitable resilient material between the inner wall of the socket and the outer wall of the inner lining, substantially as set forth.

3. A bowling ball provided with finger sockets, the said finger-sockets having: inner lining -.tubes, and an interposed layer of yielding material between'the wall of the socket and the lining-tube, the said liningtoo tube having adapted "to be closed when the lining is in place to hold the lining under atmospheric pressure againstdisplacement, substantially .5 asset forth.

' 4AA bdwling-ball having a bushing of a non-elastic material andfitted in the finger- {hole of the ball,.and means'in the fingerhale-engaging the said bushing to allow the fro latter to yield in the direction of its length,

-" as'set forth.

1 5. A bowling-ball having a bushing of nonf elastic material and engaging. the finger-hole "0f the balhand means in the *5 ngaging the said. bushing to allow the latter finger-hole and an opening at its inner end recess, and a he direction of its bushing being made of an elastic material and fitted in the finger-hole of the ball, and the inner'bushing being made ofja non-elastic material, as set forth. 8. A bowling-ball having a recess, an elastic bushing fitted into the saidrecess in contact/with the side wall thereof, an elastic disk resting on the bottom of-the recess, and

a bushing-of a non-elastic material fitted into the said elastic bushing and resting with its inner end on the said disk, as set forth.

9. A bowling-ball having a recess or a finger-hole, an elastic disk on the bottom ofthe allow the bushing to yield inwardly in the direction of its length, as set forth.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR 1i PIOKETT.

Witnesses:-

Tnno. G. Hos'rER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL.

bushing seated on said disk, to a V DISCLAIMER. 673,688.-'-Arther B. Pickett,' Union City, Ohio. mow-mm m BOWLING-mm; Patent dated May 7, 1901. Disclaimer filed January 3,1902, hy the assignee, the

Bowling Ball .Company, New York, N, :Y. I I Enter its diselaimer- To that claim in said patent which is in the following words, to wit: I v 3. A bowling-ball provided with finger-sockets, the said finger-sockets having inner lining -tnbes and an interposed layer of yielding material between the well of-the socket and the lining-tube, the said lining-tube having an opening atjits inner and adapted to be closed when the lining is in place to hold the lining under atmospheric pressure against displacement, substantially as set forth.-.-[ Oflieial Gazette, January 14,1902.] 

